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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS: A Case of Mysterious Pulmonary Disease in an Anorexic Patient

Q. One of my patients with AN, who continues to be severely malnourished, now has a number of suspicious pulmonary symptoms, including coughing, fatigue, and chest pain. She has a long history…

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Eating Disorders, Depression, and the Strong Black Woman Archetype By Carolyn Coker Ross, MD, MPH, CEDS While eating disorders have long been considered a predominately “white female” problem, recent findings show that…

Some Highlights of ICED 2019: A Focus on Innovations in Eating Disorders Care

At the 2019 International Conference on Eating Disorders (ICED), held in New York City from March 14-16, more than 1400 attendees from nearly 50 countries learned about numerous innovations in eating disorders…

From Across the Desk: Learning and Passing Knowledge Along

As always, the 2019 ICED meeting in New York offered many outstanding and thought-provoking sessions by eating disorder experts from around the world. It is always very difficult to single out one…

Update: Identifying Eating Disorders in the Military

Two University of Kansas researchers are developing a screening tool to better detect eating disorders among the US military (University of Kansas website, news.ku.edu/2019/04/18). With a 3-year, $1.7 million grant from the…

Is There a Role for Mindfulness in Treating Eating Disorders?

Three studies seek to clarify support for the benefits of mindfulness. Two recent studies and a meta-analysis dig deeper into the question of what role mindfulness should play in eating disorder treatment.…

Predicting Consequences of Binge Eating Among Adults with Type 1 Diabetes

Objective binge-eating was found in nearly half the participants in a 3-day test. Disordered eating has long been recognized as common among individual with type 1 diabetes (T1D), and includes traditional ED…

Bullying and Disordered Eating Behaviors

Bullying sets up a cascade of problems leading to disordered eating. A recent review and meta-analysis supports the role of bullying as a risk factor for ED (Lie, Ro and Bang, IJED.…

An Odd Couple: Childhood Infections and Risk of Eating Disorders in Adolescence

More studies will be needed to help explain this connection. Limited data have suggested a link between infection and risk of an eating disorder. A new study provides solid evidence that girls who…

Using Twitter to Explain Attrition in Online Eating Disorder Communities

Dropping out was both an individual and collective action. The use of social media as a way to get health information has arrived almost like a tsunami, bringing good with bad, and…

Questions and Answers: Self-Harm After Bariatric Surgery

Q. One of my young adult patients, who has had a history of obesity, anorexia nervosa (AN), and binge eating disorder (BED) successfully underwent sleeve gastrectomy, which stopped her binge eating. She lost…

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Low Bone Mineral Density in Adolescents with Eating Disorders By Erin Knopf, MD, and Philip S. Mehler, MD Eating Recovery Center, Denver Adolescence is a critical time for bone development, and 40%…